as in to ring
to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates
the church bells knelled to mark the death of the nation's beloved leader
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Recent Examples of knell
Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2020
Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2023
The crisis was likely the death knell for whatever species remained from the ancient Tethys Sea, a body of water that preceded the Indian Ocean and the Black, Caspian, and Mediterranean seas, says Moriaki Yasuhara, a paleoecologist at the University of Hong Kong who was not involved with the work.
—science.org, 25 Sep. 2024
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Day 18: Hard to focus with all the death knells tolling.
—Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2020
Noun
The death knell for DVDs has long been predicted, and repeatedly.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2023
The crisis was likely the death knell for whatever species remained from the ancient Tethys Sea, a body of water that preceded the Indian Ocean and the Black, Caspian, and Mediterranean seas, says Moriaki Yasuhara, a paleoecologist at the University of Hong Kong who was not involved with the work.
—science.org, 25 Sep. 2024
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Now they’re fortified and cleaned, the bells’ ringing mechanism updated, and the great organ (set between the bell towers on the west side) restored.Dana Thomas, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
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In the stunned, ringing silence of the visiting locker room, Lutz and many others struggled to find words to describe the sting.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Within hours of arriving, what sounded like a distant peal of thunder rolled in—in this case, the rumble of a harmless, but still awe-inspiring, small-scale avalanche.Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2024
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Many of the ringers wore earplugs or headphones to muffle the deafening peals.Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2024
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But throughout 2024, all eyes remained trained on the U.S. election as the most important indicator of global democracy’s future.Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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The state was, and mostly still is, expected to vote for Trump comfortably, but the poll was notable because observers viewed it as a strong indicator of how Iowa and the country as a whole may vote.Jared Gans, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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The bells of Notre Dame tolled in Paris on Friday for the first time since the 2019 fire that threatened to destroy the Parisian landmark.Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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But in Bridgeport, the bell that tolled for the evening Vespers service was a problem for at least one neighbor, who worked nights and eventually showed up, frustrated, at the monastery door.Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2024
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Not a very productive interrogation … that is until there’s a ding-dong at the door.Tom Smyth, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2024
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Ditch the classic ding-dong and instead opt for a more holiday-appropriate sound, like a howl, a cackling witch, or other creepy sounds.Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
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Other proposals include requiring Google to syndicate its U.S. search results and ranking signals with rivals for 10 years, and letting other companies access its search index at a marginal cost.Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Their disenchantment with Democrats and Republicans highlights a growing political divide and signals challenges for future candidates hoping to win them over.Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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The development of this chiming mechanism is the brainchild of Christopher Ward's Master Watchmaker, Frank Stelzer.Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Bulgari is also making history by adding a new tune to a range of chiming timepieces, introducing tritone harmonic intervals, created in collaboration with the Italian-Swiss conductor Lorenzo Viotti.Luisa Zargani, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Though this installation of tintinnabulation has been a feature of the garden for more than a decade, some frequent visitors only noticed the chimes this summer, when a small crew recently installed them in a large linden tree adjacent to Parade Stadium.Kim Hyatt, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
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Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
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“Knell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knell. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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